Before Partition, the town of Chabahar (earlier known as Tiz) was right at India’s doorstep, situated in Iran’s Sistan Baluchistan province where the Panchatantra was once read in Persian (entitled ‘Kalileh-wa-Dimna’), and Hindustani Urdu is understood and spoken commonly. But ties between independent India and Iran, before the 1979 revolution, were never very close, given … Read more
Asian stocks inched higher on Tuesday as investors awaited a slew of economic data, corporate earnings and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting, while the yen was slightly weaker a day after suspected intervention rescued it from 34-year lows. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.36% higher, set to clock in a … Read more
External Affairs Minister Dr Jaishankar, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan at at the opening of the 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth. | Photo Credit: X@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on February 9 met his Australian counterpart Penny Wong and discussed the bilateral … Read more
Two-thirds of Russian territory is located in Asia and Russian leadership and erstwhile Soviet leadership have long sought to play a greater role in the Asia-Pacific (or what India terms as the Indo-Pacific region). This role is gaining further momentum following rupture in ties with the West in the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict. Simultaneously, … Read more
Asia Healthcare Holdings is acquiring a majority stake in Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology for ₹600 crore. | Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy: https://www.ahholdings.com Single specialty healthcare delivery platform Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH) is acquiring a majority stake in Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU) for ₹600 crore. The investment in AINU, which operates … Read more
Sedition law can be retained but with safeguards: Law Commission The Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained but certain amendments could be made for greater clarity regarding its usage, the 22nd Law Commission has said in its report to the government. The commission said sedition being a … Read more
China held its first ever summit with the heads of state of five Central Asian countries in-person on May 18-19 in Xian by emphasizing on building greater political and economic partnership between the two sides. In the presence of Heads of State of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, unveiled a … Read more
CNN — “We don’t need or want a secret police station in our great city,” said Breon Peace, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York on Monday – expressing the likely feeling of many Americans at the news that the FBI has arrested two alleged agents for the Chinese government accused of … Read more
CNN — An Australian man has been refused bail after being charged with a foreign interference offense for accepting cash from suspected Chinese intelligence agents, with a Sydney court saying his close ties to China made him a flight risk. Magistrate Michael Barko said Alexander Csergo was a “sophisticated, worldly businessperson” who had been on … Read more
